page_title: Lesser Sunda Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Lesser Sunda Islands
caption_attribution_description: English: Aerial View of the Palau Banta, the Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
context_page_description: The Lesser Sunda Islands
  are a group of islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands. The islands are part of a volcanic arc, the Sunda Arc, formed by subduction along the Sunda Trench in the Java Sea.
  The main Lesser Sunda Islands are, from west to east: Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Alor archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands.
context_section_description: The Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara "southeastern archipelago" 
  or Kepulauan Sunda Kecil "lesser sunda archipelago") 
  are a group of islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands.  The islands are part of a volcanic arc, the Sunda Arc, formed by subduction along the Sunda Trench in the Java Sea.
  The main Lesser Sunda Islands are, from west to east: Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Alor archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands.
caption: Banta Island of Lesser Sunda Islands
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